Where does “kritikan” come from?
kritikan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kritik, from Dutch kritiek, from French critique, from New Latin critica, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός, from Ancient Greek κρίσις, from Ancient Greek κρίνω — to sift, separate, divide.
kritikan (Indonesian): criticism
Definitions
- criticism
Ancestry of “kritikan”, step by step
kritikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian kritik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | kritik | criticism; critique |
| 2 | Dutch | kritiek | critical; criticism; critique |
| 3 | French | critique | critical; judgemental; criticism |
| 4 | New Latin | critica | critique; inflection of criticus: ##... |
| 5 | Latin | criticus | critical, decisive; a critic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κριτικός | Able to judge, discerning, critical; critic,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρίσις | decision, determination, judgment; trial,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |
via Indonesian an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | an | — |